JOHN CHAPTER 11

Now Jesus had not yet entered into the town, but was in that place where Martha met Him. The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw that Mary rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She’s going to the grave to weep there. When Mary found where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. When Jesus then saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have you laid him? They said to Him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, Behold how He loved him! Some of them said, Couldn’t this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have kept this man from dying? Jesus again groaning in Himself came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone covered it.

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha said to Him, Lord, by this time he stinks, he has been dead four days. Jesus said to her, Didn’t I say that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God? Then they took away the stone from the place where Lazarus was buried. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that you hear me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that you have sent me.

Then Jesus cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was wrapped around with a napkin. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go. Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed in Him, but some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them the things Jesus had done.

Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What should we do? This man does many miracles. If we leave Him alone, all men will believe in Him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation. One of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said to them, You know nothing at all, nor remember that it is advantageous for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. Caiaphas didn’t say this of his own doing, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. Then from that day on they took counsel together to put Jesus to death.

Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went from there to a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and stayed there with His disciples. The Jews' Passover was near at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. Then they sought for Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the Temple, What do you think, that He will not come to the feast? Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where Jesus was, He should tell it, that they might take Him.

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